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(PRINTING--UPDIKE, D. B.; and GOODHUE, BERTRAM GROSVENOR.) The Book of Common Prayer. Text printed in red and black with ornamental borders throughout by Goodhue. Folio, original bevelled cream boards gilt-stamped to design by Goodhue, with brass clasps and catches, darkened, scattered soiling, spine ends worn; inscribed to a Brooklyn, NY Reverend in 1894. Printed statement and signatures on the title verso by J. Pierpont Morgan and other members of the 1892 General Convention, which had approved this revised version of the American prayer book. Laid in is a 4-page leaflet (On the Decorations of the Limited Edition of the Standard Prayer Book of 1893) by D. B. Updike, who oversaw the design of this edition. New York: De Vinne Press, 1893

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(ROGERS, BRUCE.) The History of Oliver and Arthur . . . Done into English by William Leighton and Eliza Barrett. Printed in red and black. 50 engravings redrawn from woodcuts from the original. 4to, linen-backed teal boards with printed paper spine label; glassine dust jacket; board slipcase; prospectus laid in. number 280 of 330 copies/span printed at the Riverside Press in Cambridge. Designed by Bruce Rogers, with his device and initials on colophon. (Boston and New York), 1903

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(ROGERS, BRUCE.) Tory, Geofroy. Champ Fleury. Translated into English and Annotated by George B. Ives. Illustrations by Tory re-drawn by Rogers. Folio, publisher's original gilt-lettered vellum over fleur-de-lys patterned paste paper boards, light natural discoloration; dust jacket, mild wear, split along one spine fold; slipcase, soiled and beginning to split at corners, penciled title at head of spine; Norman J. Sondheim bookplate. Printed at the Printing House of William Edwin Rudge, Mount Vernon, New York October, 1927. New York: The Grolier Club, 1927

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RUSSELL, DAVID. Sophie's Dream Book * Zeus the Lover. Introduction by Ilaria Galli. Together, 2 Signed Limited Editions. Erotic color etchings by Russell. 8vo, original bindings. First title is numbered 4 of only 10 copies with hand-colored plates from a total edition of 300; additionally Inscribed and Signed by Russell. Zeus is number 22 of only 60 Signed copies with all plates numbered and Signed. Printed in Italy. Florence, 1982; 1992

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RUZICKA, RUDOLPH. New York: A Series of Wood Engravings in Colour and a Note on Colour Printing. Prose by Walter Prichard Eaton. 10 color wood engravings by Ruzicka printed by Emile Fequet in Paris. 4to, 1/4 cloth over blue boards with spine label, spine, ends, and tips a bit rubbed with minor loss; two short repaired clean tears on front blue endpaper; bookplate of John Thomas Lee. one of 250 unnumbered copies./span New York: The Grolier Club, 1915

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(SCULPTURE.) Neal, Avon; and Parker, Ann. Early American Stone Sculpture. Photographic plates and 42 color reproductions of original grave stone rubbings, two selenium toned silver prints Signed and numbered by Parker, plus one original rubbing signed by the authors/span and titled; this, from a 1772 grave in Newport, Rhode Island. Oblong folio, full mottled calf with grave stone image pressed into front cover; prospectus laid in. one of 175 specially bound copies signed by the authors/span and with the additional prints, from a total edition of 475. New York: Sweetwater Editions, (1981)

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(SURREALISM.) Ford, Charles Henri; editor. View: The Modern Magazine. Group of 24 issues containing issues from the First through Seventh series. Contributions by Duchamp, Ernst, Cornell, Masson, Magritte, Tchelitchew, and many others. Thin 4to, pictorial wrappers, some spines rubbed but overall very good; Series 2 bound together in purple boards with original wrappers bound in. New York, 1941-47

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(THERRIEN, ROBERT.) Connell, Evan S. Mesa Verde. One original watercolor and one etching by Therrien, bound in. Typography by Eleanor Caponigro. Folio, gilt-stamped vellum with decorative small purple dots on front cover, slight natural discoloration; original cloth folding box with spine label. Number 10 in the Whitney Artists and Writers Series; fourth in the American Journals Series. number 43 of 105 copies initialed by therrien and signed by connell./span New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1992

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(THORNWILLOW PRESS.) Donleavy, J. P. The Lady Who Liked Clean Rest Rooms: The Chronicle of One of the Strangest Stories Ever to be Rumoured About Around New York. 8 illustrations by Elliott Banfield. 4to, 1/4 gilt-lettered black morocco over patterned boards; felt-lined black clamshell box, horizontal abrasion near title on spine, bump to lower edge. Designed by Luke Pontifell. number 174 of 175 copies signed by pontifell and banfield./span New York, West Stockbridge, & Prague, 1995

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(THORNWILLOW PRESS.) Jefferson, Thomas. The Complete Suite of Prints from Monticello and the Legacy of Thomas Jefferson. 17 engraved plates of architectural plans of Monticello from The Historic American Buildings Survey, with two photographic plates, each numbered 49/50 in pencil, lower margins, 16 1/2x16 1/2 inches, sheets, wide margins. Large square folio, contents loose as issued in 1/4 cloth and board portfolio with ribbon ties and cover label. roman numbered 40 from an edition of only 50 numbered sets/span hand-pulled from the original plates and printed separately from the bound edition. (Stockbridge and New York), 1995

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(TWO-HORSE PRESS.) Mackley, George. Engraved in the Wood. Designed and printed by Will and Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press. Set in Hermann Zapf's Palatino type and printed on Wookey Hole paper. Suite of 68 wood-engravings by Mackley, loose as issued in separate folder, sheets 12x9 1/2 inches, image size varies. Text volume contains An Appreciation by Ruari McLean and A Glimpse of the Artist by Armida Maria-Theresa Coltis. 4to (uniform size), printed wrappers; prospectus with 1 reproduction laid in; all housed in solander box, 1 1/2-inch small faint semi-circular dampstain near lower joint of box not affecting contents. number 50 from a limited edition of 300, signed by mackley./span London, (1968)

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(TWO-HORSE PRESS.) Maria-Theresa Colt, Armida. Weeds and Wild Flowers: Some Irreverent Words. Wood engravings by George Mackley with an additional suite loose as issued in separate chemise. Folio, cloth-backed handmade paper-covered boards by Mansell, London; slipcase. Designed and printed by Will Carter at the Rampant Lions Press. number 246 of 250 copies signed by mackley, with the extra suite of the plates./span Cambridge, 1965

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(VERTÈS, MARCEL.) Aymé, Marcel Images de l'Amour. Color lithographs by Vertès on Holland, with decompositions for frontispiece image. Small folio, contents loose as issued in lettered wrappers; original textured board chemise and slipcase, minor shelf wear. number 27 of 140 copies signed by vertès and aymé, with the extra suite in color/span and the decompositions, from a total edition of 190. Paris, 1957